Pork loin with mushroom filling
Recipe Facts
Difficulty:
medium ◉◉◉◎◎
Serves:
4 people
Preparation time:
⧗ individual
Grilling time:
⧗ individual
Grill & equipment:
• Grill, butcher's twine for securing
Ingredients
• 800 g pork loin
• 1 pork net
• 500 g brown mushrooms
• 1 ½ bunch parsley
• 250 g colorful pearl onions
• 200 g marbled, smoked bacon
• 250 g herb crème fraîche
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 pinch brown sugar
• 1 pack cherry tomatoes
• Oil for frying
Preparation
➊ How do you prepare the meat? Thomas Rexfort: “To cut a roast into a flat piece, cut the top part of the meat along the long side almost all the way across (but not through!) at a thickness of about 1 ½ cm and fold the cut section over like a book cover. Then make another 1 ½ cm cut in the remaining thick piece of meat, cut the roast almost all the way across to the starting side (but not through!) and fold the cut piece over as well. This way, the roast lies as a large, flat piece of meat (palette) on the work surface and can be topped. The pig’s fat net is a natural protective layer and prevents the roast from drying out while grilling. The moisture remains in the meat and is additionally released from the net. Just ask your butcher for one – or check out online butchers who ship pork nets.”
➋ Prepare the grill for indirect grilling and set it to 150 °C. Cut the pork loin into a flat piece and season with salt and pepper. Finely chop 1 bunch of parsley and sprinkle it over the meat, then lay the bacon evenly on top.
➌ Cut half of the mushrooms and pearl onions into small cubes, mix with half of the crème fraîche and place on the bacon. Roll the roast tightly and wrap it in the pork net. Place a few parsley stems in the center of the roast and secure everything with three strands of butcher's twine. Grill for 70–80 minutes at 150 °C until the roast reaches a core temperature of 62 °C.
➍ Wash the cherry tomatoes and season them while they are still wet with brown sugar, salt and pepper. Place them in an ovenproof dish and position it in the indirect grilling zone of the grill like the roast. Grill until the tomatoes burst.
➎ Quarter the remaining mushrooms and finely chop the onions. Add them to a hot pan with a little oil, season with salt and pepper and brown them nicely all around. Chop the remaining parsley and fold it into the mushrooms.
➏ To serve, distribute the mushrooms in the center of the plates and place two slices of roast on each. Arrange the tomatoes and serve the remaining crème fraîche as a dip for the mushrooms.
Recipe by Thomas Rexfort
Growing up on a farm, Thomas knew early on what he wanted to be: a butcher. After completing his apprenticeship, he earned his master butcher certificate and moved into the food retail sector, eventually becoming a department manager. Today, he is the regional manager of the fresh food counter and a Certified Grillmaster and Meat Sommelier. He gives grilling seminars and is hired for catering, tastings and live cooking events. More info HERE...
Recipe from FIRE&FOOD Issue 01/2025